Barbette's Bastille Day, Red Stag Block Party lineups for 2012

Aerialist Jim Domenick performed at Barbette's Bastille Day party in 2008. / Jerry Holt, Star Tribune

Sister eateries Barbette and the Red Stag Supper Club put on two of the most popular and eclectic block parties each summer, and it looks like those traits will remain intact this year. Here are the newly unveiled 2012 lineups for each event. As always, the parties will be free, all ages and rain-or-shine, and they’ll feature the usual locally generated food offerings and zero-waste game plan.

Anne Saxton, the promoter of each event, also revealed that she is organizing an election-season shindig called the Rock for Democracy Block Party to take place outside Bryant-Lake Bowl on Sept. 8. She said it will be a nonpartisan event, and so far Heiruspecs and Zoo Animal are confirmed to play.